Tyne and Wear HER(12498): Whitburn, submerged forest - Details
12498
S Tyneside
Whitburn, submerged forest
Whitburn
NZ46SW
Monument
Natural Feature
Submarine Forest
Prehistoric
Documentary Evidence
In 1822 in a period of exceptionally low tides, the remains of an ancient forest were uncovered in Whitburn Bay.
40741
60587
NZ4074160587
North East Civic Trust on behalf of South Tyneside Council, 2006, Whitburn Conservation Area Character Appraisal, p 5; C. Trechmann, 1936, Mesolithic flints from the submerged forest at West Hartlepool, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2 (2), pp 161-168; P. Mellars, 1970, An antler harpoon head of 'Obanian' affinities from Whitburn, County Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol XLVIII, pp 337-346; English Heritage Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database, Record ID 603